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The birds

الطير

Birds in the Quran are Solomon's host and a sign overhead — nothing holds them up but the Merciful — communities like yours glorifying God. Jesus shaped a bird from clay and breathed into it by God's leave, and Abraham scattered four birds over the hills then called them and they came flying.

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Global / Diaspora

Animals and mercy

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Mentioned in
Abu Dawud 5268 — The hummarah's chicks and the burned ant-hill· Muslim 1887 — The souls of the martyrs in green birds: I shall tell them about you· Qur'an 16:79· Qur'an 2:260· Qur'an 24:41· Qur'an 27:16· Qur'an 3:49· Qur'an 5:110· Qur'an 67:19
Related to
Sulayman (Solomon)· Ibrahim (Abraham)

People and things also explored

Al-Munjiyat (programme)· Bustan al-Amal (programme)· Qissa wa 'Ibar (lecture series)· The ant· The hoopoe· The horse· The ram of the sacrifice· The earth-creature

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
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islam.museum contributors. “The birds”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/birds/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Practices, the Islamic year, festivals, food, dress and music by region. Related

Al-Munjiyat (programme)

A Ramadan programme by Omar Abdelkafy broadcast on Dubai Television, twenty-seven episodes in the Assabile archive, on al-munjiyat, 'the things that save': the deeds and states by which a servant is saved, beginning with repentance and moving on to patience, character, and what corrupts and mends the heart.